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Katie & Scott’s Story [S2E16]

November 15, 2017

We are SO excited to be featuring our first embryo adoption donor family story today on the podcast! Katie and Scott were a bit older when they decided that they wanted…

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Kitty Ravert’s Story [S2E15]

November 8, 2017

We often hear the stories of adoptees, birth mothers, and adoptive parents on this podcast, but it is very rare to find ALL THREE in one person! Today’s guest Kitty however, has experienced…

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Michelle Madrid Branch’s Story [S2E14]

November 1, 2017

Michelle Madrid Branch understands adoption in ways that most others do not. She is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent. She was adopted in the U.K. as a toddler, found her biological…

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Sara Berry’s Story [S2E13]

October 18, 2017

We have all heard stories of people who adopt children from abroad and of people who adopt children with disabilities, but today we have a story with both. Sara Berry and her husband…

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Angela Rushing’s Story [S2E12]

October 11, 2017

Today on the podcast we have a birth mother story from California. Angela Rushing shares her story of how she was brought up in a traumatic household with an alcoholic…

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Erik Weihenmayer’s Story [S2E11]

October 4, 2017

There are few more challenging achievements that the average person looks up to more than summiting Mt. Everest. Now imagine doing it blind. That’s what today’s guest Erik Weihenmayer…

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The Lucky Few – Heather Avis [S2E10]

September 27, 2017

Heather Avis and her husband are parents of three adopted children, two of whom have Down Syndrome. At the start of their adoption journey, they set out to adopt a healthy…

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Renee’s Story [S2E9]

September 20, 2017

Today on the podcast, we are so excited to feature Renee Hettich’s story of her experience adopting 4 children internationally. One of her children is from Guatemala, and three of them…

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Chung and Andra’s Story [S2E8]

September 13, 2017

ADOPTION NOW has our first story from Canada! Andra and her husband, Chung, were our first family to apply from a different country. Tune in this week to hear about the Canadian foster care system…

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Talking About Trauma with Carrie O’Toole [S2E7]

August 30, 2017

Do you have questions about PTSD related to adoption? Do you struggle as a parent to understand a child that has experienced early childhood trauma? On this episode of ADOPTION…

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